Pendant



e. M. WILSON.

PENDANT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1920.

Pa t ented Apr. 18, 1922 enaon vr. wrnsoiv, or nntraomi nicniean.

. PENDANT.

- Specification of Letters'latent. Patented :A 18 15522.;

Application filed December'll), 1920., Serial No; 429,625. i

T all whom it may concern: V 7

Be it known that I, GRACE M..VV1LsoN, a

' citizenof the United States of America, re-

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siding at Detroit, in thecounty of iVayne ble member to facilitatethethreading of the flexible member through eyelets: lace work, fabricopenings; or otherpassageways, and which after such use maybe leftattached to the end of the flexible member to serve as an ornament orpendant.

i This object may be attained by the simple, durable,and inexpensivedevice hereinafter illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 isan elevation of one form of my device; p Fig. 2 is a. plan view of thesame form;

Fig. 3 is a plan viewpartly in section of amodification;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the cap of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section of the cap and body portions of anothermodification;

Figs. 6,7, 8 and 9 are views partly in elevation and partly in sectionof three other modifications. Y 1 V Y In the form shown in Figs. 1 and2, the bodkin or pendant consists of a solid piece of any suitablerigid, durable and ornamental material such as metal, glass,,cellu.-

loid.- bakelite, pyralin, ivory, precious or termined by the natureofthe materials with. .whichit is to be used.

semi-precious stones, coral, pearl or other substances of sufficientstrength. 7

The bodkin may be of any desired shape, though preferably it will berelatively long as compared with its diameter, the form shown in Figs. 1and 2 being the most Slut-' able for ordinary use. The size'will be de-The head Ihas formed therein a recess 2 of a slze 'toreceive the knottedend of the ribbon, cord or other flexible member 3, and

this recess may consist of a perforation ex tending all the way throughthe head of the pendant as indicated in Fig. 2, or only part way throughas shown in Fig. 7. A slot 4,

lying substantially in the plane of the axis of the bodyotthependantistormedjn theif end of the head communicating'with the recess 2 and with the opening leading thereto,

sothat the fiexibleelement may be slid side I in Fig.8, thee-ribbon.thus remaining fiat. V

Any other suitable .retaining device may be usedto cause-theendofthe'fiexible member to be thicker than tlie width of the-slot. Therecess'and the knot or other retain- 111g member Wlll be of such sizesthat the flexible elementv will be securely held by V wedging theretaining means into the recess or a sultable glue. or cement mayobviously p be usedif desired; 7 described, of which severalmodifications are for'the passage-of the flexible member, the vslot'being. omitted; The cap has a screwthreaded engagement with thebody 1 for is to be replaced by another. I

prises a cap 5 similar to that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 except that-it isprovided'with a per end 9 is reduced in diameter to enter the In theform shown in Fig; 3, the cap 5. is

made as a separate hollow, shell forming a recess and having a simplecircular opening ready removability when the flexible element 7 Iforation 6 in at least one side and has a slot 14 in the end as in theform-shown in Fig. 1.

The body 7 may be hollow as at 8 and the r r cap 5 where it may be heldby friction so" as f r to be removable, or, it may be secured in any;

suitablemannenfas by solder or welding if the tip is of 'nleial, 'bycement or other i v adhesive if other materials are used, If th body-ismade of ornamental colored sealing wax, the cap maybe heated andjthebody.

zpressed intoplace and held until cooled.

Theform shown in Fig. 6 is a-modification in which a natural spiral-orturreted shellof a mollusk, such as oneof the screw-shells is used forthe body 11, the cap beingthe same I as that of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows a modification in which i'the j 105 angle'such that a pullonfthe pendant will} I tend to force the knot in the flexible membertransverse hole or passage 10 is made at an fartherup'into the hole. I fI v In the modification shown in Fig. :8, "the body 12 base neckprovidedwith agroove V out departing from the spirit of my invention, asdefined by the accompanying claims when construed broadly.

What I claim is 1 As a means for securing a pendant to a flexible memberhaving a retaining means, a pendant having a removable cap providing arecess adapted to receive the end of a flexible member with itsretaining means, the cap having an opening communicating with the recessand substantially in line with the axis of the body of the pendant, thecross section of the opening being permanently of less area than thearea of the retaining means.

2. A pendant having a removable cap providing a recess adapted toreceive the end ()i' a flexible member, the flexible member having aretaining meansat its end within the recess, the cap having a slotcommunicating with the recess, the slot having the length of: its leastdimension equal to or greater than the corresponding dimension of theflexible member but less than that off the ret aining means.

A structure as defined in claim 2, in

which the cap has an opening communicating with the slot and with therecess whereby a flexible member may be introluced into the slot and theretaining means into the recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRACE M. lVILSON.

Witnesses O. F. BAn'rHnL, ARTHUR MINNICK.

